RESEARCH PAPER JHUMPA LAHIRI’S “MRS. SEN’S” (INTERPRETER OF MALADIES) Name: Babar Ali Kaiser Student ID: 1142131 Instructor: Dr. Christina Sommerfeldt Course: English 111 Term: Winter 2007 Jhumpa Lahiri, through the stories in her book “Interpreter of Maladies”, sheds light on the experience of immigrants from the subcontinent who face difficulties in adjusting and integrating and as a result feel homesick and isolated in a new world so different from their homeland. The short
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lived in the U.S. , accounting for almost 5 percent of the foreign population.” I. For the “alien” characters immigrating to America in Jhumpa Lahiri’s Interpreter of Maladies, it was imperative that they made new friends in order to adapt to the foreign environment. Although some may see friendship as not being the most crucial factor in character development, Jhumpa Lahiri demonstrates how the intelligence of characters can risebegins to grow as their relationships with other characters become stronger
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